CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND JEWELLERY

May 16th - 28th,  2005

Tania Patterson
Specimens

"This group of work continues my interest in New Zealand natural history and the overlaps between science and art. At the Auckland Museum I came across some drawers filled with dead birds, I was struck by how little they told me about birds. These sad inanimate creatures spoke to me more of my own dead, yet these dead things do teach us about life. I am interested what the static museum display does and doesn't teach us."
Tania Paterson, 2005

 

BROOCHES; Dead Birds, (Perspex, Silver, Painted wood, 6cm high)
1. Piwakawaka, Fantail $360
2. Kotare, Kingfisher $360
3. Pipiwharauroa, Shining Cuckoo $360
4. Korimako, Bellbird $360
5. Miromiro, Tomtit $360
6. Tui $360
7. Ruru, Morepork $360
8. Kereru, Wood pigeon $360
9. Koekoea, Long-tailed cuckoo $360

 

Insects (Perspex, Silver, Painted wood, 4 - 7cm high)
10. Magpie Moth $350
11. Centipede $350
12. Tuwhaipapa, Giraffe Weevil $300
13. Ground Beetle $300

 

Stuffed Birds (Perspex, Silver, Painted wood, 3.5 - 5cm high)
14. Pukeko $350
15. Kotuku, White Heron $350
16. Kaka $350
17. Kiwi $300

 

PENDANTS (Silver, Resin, Paint, 2.5 - 4cm diameter)
18. Kahukura, Red Admiral Butterfly $320
19. Pepe Aouri, Common Blue Butterfly $260
20. Pepe Aouri, Common Blue Butterfly $260
21. Pepe Parariki, Common Copper Butterfly $270
22. Black Mountain Ringlet $290


 

LEAF BROOCHES (Silver, Paint, 3 - 5cm long) $150 each
Hebe, Ake ake,
Pohutukawa

 

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